Demographic and Health Survey - 1993
Sri Lanka, 1993
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Reference ID
LKA-DCS-DHS-1993-v1.0
Producer(s)
Department of Census and Statistics (DCS)
Metadata
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Last modified
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- DHS93_HH
- DHS93_Person
- DHS93_Women
- DHS93_Child
Main Reason to stop Last MethodQ345 (Q345)
Data file: DHS93_Women
Overview
Valid:
459
Invalid:
6619
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
99
Mean:
7.954
Standard deviation:
11.169
Type:
Continuous
Decimal:
0
Start:
537
End:
538
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To become pregnant | 100 |
21.8%
|
| 2 | Not effective | 2 |
0.4%
|
| 3 | Husband Disapproves | 5 |
1.1%
|
| 4 | Health concerns | 91 |
19.8%
|
| 5 | Access/availability | 9 |
2%
|
| 6 | Cost too much | 1 |
0.2%
|
| 7 | Inconvenient to use | 6 |
1.3%
|
| 8 | Infrequent Sex | 46 |
10%
|
| 10 | Rumours of side effects | 5 |
1.1%
|
| 11 | Other | 188 |
41%
|
| 98 | Don't know | 5 |
1.1%
|
| 99 | 99 | 1 |
0.2%
|
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.